Germany norovirus: Eight hundred fall sick at Stuttgart spring festival

[Still Waters]

A norovirus outbreak at a festival in south-west Germany has affected more than 800 people.

They caught the vomiting bug in a marquee at the Stuttgart spring festival last weekend.

It is not clear how the virus was first contracted, but the scale of infection has increased during the week.

Stuttgart officials believe it was not linked to food or drink served in the festival tent as samples taken have all tested negative.

The city's health department also tested marquee staff, as well as dishes and water used for washing them up.

Instead they are assuming the virus was passed from person to person, possibly through the air, although it is not clear whether the original source was a visitor or an employee.

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